Outdoor Tent Sale!
Schedule
Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Harrisburg, PA
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Mark your calendars, book lovers! Our most popular annual event is back — and bigger than ever. The Harrisburg Book Festival is proud to host our annual outdoor tent sale with over 30,000 used books priced at $1, $2, and $3.The book sale will take place on Verbeke Street in front of the Broad Street Market, adjacent to the bookstore, from Wednesday, October 15th through Sunday, October 19th. This year’s sale will feature bargain books and hidden gems in fiction, history, politics, art, children’s, poetry, photojournalism, biography, sports, and much, much more. Rain or shine, we'll see you there!
Details at https://www.hbgbookfest.com/outdoor-tent-sale
HOURS
Wednesday, October 15: 10am-7pm
Thursday, October 16: 10am-7pm
Friday, October 11: 10am-9pm
Saturday, October 12: 9am-9pm
Sunday, October 13: 10am - 6pm
LOCATION
Verbeke Street, adjacent to 1302 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg PA 17102, between 3rd St and Susquehanna St
PAYMENT
Cash and all major credit cards accepted
PARKING
Free 2-hour parking is available around the neighboring Broad Street Market. Limited free parking in the lot behind our store. Metered street parking is available on 3rd and Verbeke Streets, 8am-7pm Monday-Saturday. Some nearby unmetered streets have residential-only parking from 8am-10am and 3pm-5pm weekdays.
SPONSORS
The Harrisburg Book Festival would not be possible without the support from our community of businesses, universities, and media partners. Across Pennsylvania, these organizations have demonstrated their commitment to, and support of, reading and the literary arts.
Community Reads
Messiah University School of Arts, Culture, and Society
Carpe Librum
Mid Penn Bank
Penn State Harrisburg
Tröegs Independent Brewing
Millersville University Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Thought Catalog
AAUW Harrisburg
Susquehanna University Department of English & Creative Writing
Harrisburg Academy
Fernecrest
Explore HBG
Bucknell University Press
Dickinson College Department of English & Creative Writing
Lebanon Valley College Department of English
Fox Pest Control
Harrisburg Regional Chamber & CREDC
WITF
Spotlight PA
The Millworks
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Where is it happening?
Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N 3rd St,Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
